Means for fastening movable bars or bolts in doors



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MEANS POR FASTENING MOVABLE BARS 0R BOLTS IN DOORS, sw.

No. 398,611. Patented Feb. 26. 1889.

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JOSEPH L. IIALL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MEANS FOR FASTENBNG MOVABLE BARS OR BOLTS IN DOORS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,611, dated February 26, 1889.

Application led November 1,2, 1888. Serial No. 290,579. (No model.)

TO all whom, t muy concern:

Beitknown that I, JOSEPH L. HALL, of Cincinnati, in the county of llamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Fastening Movable Bars or Bolts in Doors, the., of which i the following is a speciiication.

My present invention relates to means for locking or fastening movable bars or bolts set in the jarnbs or edge of a door, hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure l is a front elevation shf'nving the bar or bolt secured by a key-lock. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bar or bolt fastened by a spring bolt or catch. Fig. S'is a similar view showing the bar or bolt secured by a turning bolt or button. Fig. i is a similar view showing the application oi' bolt-work and a permutation-lock to secure the movable bars 0r bolts; and Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating the application ot bolt-work and a key-lock for securing the movable bars or bolts, a portion ot the outer 'face being broken away in each of the figures for more clearly showing the fastening devices and their modes of operation.

The object of this invention is to provide means for fastening or locking the movable bars or bolts shown and described in my application filed June 5, 1888, Serial No. 276,136, to which reference is made for a more detailed description of said bars or bolts and the manner of applying the saine.

It is sufficient for an uinlerstamiling of the present invention to say that the movable bars or bolts referred to are set in the face of a door-jamb orin the edge of the door, as may be preferred, and are provided with a longitudinal groove or recess, in which a laterallyprojecting iiange on the door or jamb, as the case may be, Vtit-s, so as to produce a tight and interlocking joint between the door and its i jamb, the letter i) in the several figures of i this application showing or indicating one of said bars or bolts. As stated in my application Serial No. 276,136, these movable bars or bolts are designed to be used in connection with doors for a great variety of receptacles or inclosures, and the means for fastening or locking said bars or bolts will necessarily Vary with the character of the receptacle or ini closure and the use 'to which the same is to be applied.

In Fig. l I have shown a key-lock, L, set in the frame A so that its bolt a when thrown will lit in a hole or recess in the movable bar or bolt C when the latter is turned t0 the p0- sition it will occupy when the door is Closed. A similar lock is also shown applied at the bottoni of the door in dotted lines in Fig. l, and at the top of the door in the same figure I have represented a permutation-lock having the usual dial, D, for setting the tumblers and a handle, z, for throwing and retracting i its bolt a. when the tumblers have been properly set, the construction and operation of these locks being` so well known and understood that a description of the same is unnecessary. These styles o' fastening are suitable wherever it is desired to lock or secure the door so that it cannot be opened by unauthorized persons, it being understood that the door cannot be opened so long as the movable bar or bolt C is held immovable, as will be clearly understood by reference to my said prior application.

For ice-boxes, refrigerators, and all similar receptacles, where it is simply desired to fasten the door so as to merely hold it closed, the fastening' may consist ofwa short turning bar or button, f, as shown in Fig. 3, it being pivoted in a recess in the jamb or frame in rear of the movable bar or bolt C and arranged to engage in a notch or recess formed .in the same when turned by a handle, 7i, on the exterior, as shown. In this ligure I have also shown the same style of fastening in dotted lines applied to the movable bar or bolt at top and bottom of the door; and it is obvious that by slightly beveling the face of the button at the point where it engages with the bar or bolt C, Or by slightly beveling or inclining the side wall ot the recess in which it engages, it may be made to press the movable bar 0r bolt C, and thus cause it to wedge or press more tightly against the iiange of the door which engages with it. By using a series 01"; these fastenings thus applied at the side, top, and bottom of the door, with their engagi ing ends made slightlybeveling, as above del scribed, it will be seen that the joint between i lthe movable bolts or bars and the interlock- IOO ing anges of the door may be made very tight, and this is more especially desirable in those cases where it is proposed to apply the movable bars or bolts to receptacles that are to be kept ai r-tight.

In Fig. 2 I have shown s1. ring-bolts applied to engage with and lock. the bars or bolts C fast, these bolts having a knob, m, projecting through a slot to enable them to be retracted. This style of fastening is suitable for application to the doors or lids of ordinary ice-boxes, chests, or refrigerators and similar receptacles which have to be opened and closed frequently. In most cases ot' this kind a single spring-bolt applied at the free side of the door will be sufficient.

Thus far I have described the locking or fastening devices as being set in the frame or jamb, as in these eases the movable bar or bolt is represented as being set in the jamb or jambs; but when the movable bar or bolt is setin the edge of the door, as it may be, as shown and described in my. application Serial No. 276,136, then the lock or fastening device may be located withinthe door, as being more vious that it may be set in the vframe or jamb and be made to engage with the movable bar or bolt in the edge'ot' the door and hold it immovable, the loca-tion of these parts being merely. a matter of choice or convenience on the part of the manufacturer.

In'Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown the application of what is technically known as boltwork and locks for locking these movable bars VorV bolts. In Fig. 4 two bolts, Ab, are used, they being pivoted at their inner ends to a short bar, fr', which is pivoted at its center, and has a handle projecting from the face oi the door in the manner usual on safes, so that it can be oscillated to and fro on its central pivot, and thereby throw the bolts b outward, causing their outer ends to engage with the movable bars orbolts C, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4c, and also retract them by a reverse movement when desired. To lock this bolt-work fast, I apply in this case a permutation-lock, P, as shown, it being` so located that its bolt mwhen thrown outward, will bear against the end of one of the bolts b, as shown, thereby locking them fast, and they in turn locking the movable bars or bolts (l, an d consequently the door B also.

In Fig. 5 another form of bolt-work is shown in connection with a key-lock, L, arranged to operate in essentially the same manner. In this case the bars b are each pivoted to adisk,

D, which, like the bar i of Fig. l, turns on a central stud or pivot, and has a handle, Z, on the exterior face of the door for moving the same. In this case the bolts I) are arranged so as to lock the movable bars or bolts C at each of the four sides of the door. In order to lock them fast when thrown, the disk D is provided with a notch, o, in which the bolt of the lock L engages, and thus the whole is locked fast.

There are many other forms ot' bolt-work known to the manufacturers of safes and vaults which may be substituted for those shown, these being selected merely for the purposes ot illustration. It is also obvious that the bolt-work may be made to lock the movable bolts or bars C when the latter are set in the edge or edges of the door the same as when set in the jambs.

It will be seen from the fo regon g that these movable bars or bolts set in the jambs or in the door may be locked in a great variety of ways, and hence my invention is not limited to the specific devices or means shown. From the description. and illustrations given any convenient, though even in such case it is obperson skilled in the art will be enabled to make and use my invention not only in the particular forms shown,but in other forms or ways also. f

Vhat I claim isl. In combination with a door and iis frame, one or more movable bars or bolts, C, seated in one ot said parts,with an interlocking projection or flange-on the other of said part-s,

and a fastening device arranged to engage with said movable bar or bolt, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a door and its frame, having a movable bar orbolt, C, seated in one of said parts, with a projecting flange on the other of said parts, a series of bolts, b, arranged to engage with said movable bar or bolt, and a lock arranged to hold the bolts b, substantially as shown and described.

3. In combination with a door and its frame,

having a movable bar or bolt C seated in onel of said parts, with Va projection or flange on the other of said parts, a look, L, arranged to engage with and lock said movable baror bolt, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

Josera L. HALL.

W i tn esses:

CHARLES BIRD. RICHARD T. PULLEN.

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